Burt vs The Dope
Burt has the higher audience score (10/10 against 4.6/10 for The Dope). Burt is the shorter watch at 1h 18m compared with 1h 33m. The Dope is the older of the two (2003 against 2025). Both are comedy movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Burt
The Dope| Burt | The Dope | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 4.6/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 2003 |
| Length | 1h 18m | 1h 33m |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama | Comedy |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Joe Burke | François Desagnat, Thomas Sorriaux |
| Main cast | Oliver Cooper, Olivia Luccardi, Brenda Vaccaro, John Karna, Louis Lombardi | Omar Sy, Jean-François Gallotte, Gad Elmaleh, Lionel Abelanski, Hans Meyer |
Synopsis
Burt
Burt, a 69-year-old musician with Parkinson’s, has his life turned upside down when a man from New York shows up claiming to be his son. Having always dreamed of being a father, Burt embraces Sammy and invites him to stay for the weekend, where he lives with his grumpy landlord.
The Dope
Alphonse Brown, who firmly believes he is the bastard son of James Brown, meets up with his best friend Scotch after Brown gets out of jail. On their way to Paris to begin careers as recording artists, the pair stumbles across a potent type of marijuana that was engineered by the Nazis. Their decision to begin selling the stuff leads to a variety of people chasing after them.